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Since starting stand up comedy in 2017, Dewayne has been named one of New York Times Young Queers Redefining Comedy in 2022, Variety's 10 Comics to Watch in 2020, a 2019 Just for Laughs New Face in Montreal, one of Vulture's "Comedians you Should and Will Know in 2019," Comedy Central's UP NEXT, and a Breakout LGBQT Comedian to Watch by TimeOut New York. His stand up has been featured on Comedy Central, Netflix, LOGO, and festival and stages around the country like Comedy Central's Clusterfest. SF Skechefest, NBC's Breakout Comedy Fest, the Comedy Cellar, Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory, Zanies, and more. He is currently on tour with his one man show, "How Being Black & Gay Made Me Better Than You," coming to a city near you!

UPCOMING SHOWS

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PRESS

DEWAYNE PERKINS 

MULTI-HYPHENATE EXTRAORDINAIRE

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